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Newspapers - Mirror and Sun has different perspectives.

North Korea is presented as being stronger in the Mirror whereas it is shown to be ridiculous in the Sun.

Positioning - Having the audience feel whats happening in a way that gets the producer ideologies across.

Hegemonic Power is shown by the representation of the royal family.

Potential exam questions:

In what ways can media products incorporate viewpoints and ideologies?

Explore how audiences can respond to and interpret the ideological perspectives of media products

PEA - Point - Evidence - Analyse

'Man Held' - Not stating the point clearly.
'Baby Dies' - Extreme language - Brutal Connotations.

Use of serious body language anchors the audience and makes them understand the seriousness of the story.



Has this as a full page article whereas the other paper didn't.

'hammer attack' - has extremely brutal connotations and puts emphasis on the way the child was killed.

The image of the loving couple emphasises the change in his personality.

Both show similar ideologies in different ways through the choice of lexis.


In the actual article a lot of intense language like 'critical' which has intense connotations

Intertextuality - When one text references another text.

One ideology of the daily mirror and the times is that it is a thrilling/exciting thing.

Anchorage - The pictures that are used.

The Times wasn't trying to sensationalise this story as much as The Mirror

Times uses a formal mode of address to cater to its target audience.

The Times commented on the ethnicity of the man. This may be due to its more right wing ideologies including anti-immigration.

The Today Show

Before:
FBI agent disclosing details
Theresa May to visit south wales
Talking about Russia
South Africa story

SATIRICAL COMMENTS

Alleged meddling in election
Explosive issue

---- Man Held on Suspiscion of Murder ----

After:

More about Theresa May

Target Audience - Middle Class - They focus on political stories which are more in depth than the murder story.

Brexit Story effects a lot more people than a child being killed.

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